Condensed Matter Journal Club: "Majorana Bound States in Systems with Magnetic Textures"
- Event Type
- Seminar/Symposium
- Sponsor
- Condensed Matter Journal Club
- Location
- 276 Loomis
- Date
- Feb 1, 2023 11:00 am
- Speaker
- Jessica Montone
- Contact
- Jacopo Gliozzi
- jglioz2@illinois.edu
- Views
- 24
- Originating Calendar
- Physics - Condensed Matter Journal Club
Skyrmions, or topological magnetic textures, have received increasing interest due to their robustness and capability for manipulation. General magnetic textures can be used to induce synthetic spin-orbit interactions, stabilizing Majorana bound states (MBS). For the case of a magnetic skyrmion, the skyrmion in proximity to an s-wave superconductor will host a MBS at its core. In this talk, I will explore examples of magnetic textures used in the formation of MBS: an elongated skyrmion, a chain of circular skyrmions, and a skyrmion of even azimuthal winding number. I will present proposals for braiding operations for topological quantum computation utilizing MBS stabilized on magnetic skyrmions.